More jobs coming at growing Southend discount store

DiscountUK, in Southend High Street, will close on Wednesday ahead of its reopening as Bargain Buys at 10am on Friday.

The eleventh Bargain Buys to open in the UK, the new store will feature an expanded range of products over 25 departments and will take on more workers.

Manager Caroline Beadell said: “We will be taking on some new staff when everything’s gone up because we’re getting new products with the new set-up.

“We will be looking at probably another half a dozen staff, but it depends how well the new set up takes off.”

The new brand has been designed to rival chains Home and Bargains and B&M Bargains and will stock groceries, home living products, toys, cleaning products, electricals and pet supplies with leading household brands such as Cadbury, Loreal, Fairy and Gillette.

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Both DiscountUK and Bargain Buys are owned by Poundworld, which has 240 stores in the UK.

DiscountUK opened in Southend about two years ago after moving into empty high street units.

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Comments (13)

Sounds good but you only get what you pay for. The jobs bit is only if the get the customers in to pay for them.

Sounds good but you only get what you pay for.
The jobs bit is only if the get the customers in to pay for them.the25man

Sounds good but you only get what you pay for. The jobs bit is only if the get the customers in to pay for them.

Score: -13

Who gives a fuuck - Not Me says...3:45pm Wed 28 May 14

the25man wrote…

Sounds good but you only get what you pay for. The jobs bit is only if the get the customers in to pay for them.

Or you can walk in and just shoplift.

[quote][p][bold]the25man[/bold] wrote:
Sounds good but you only get what you pay for.
The jobs bit is only if the get the customers in to pay for them.[/p][/quote]Or you can walk in and just shoplift.Who gives a fuuck - Not Me

the25man wrote…

Sounds good but you only get what you pay for. The jobs bit is only if the get the customers in to pay for them.

Or you can walk in and just shoplift.

Score: -15

profondo asbo says...3:51pm Wed 28 May 14

zero hours anyone?

zero hours anyone?profondo asbo

zero hours anyone?

Score: 12

Southend Andy says...4:22pm Wed 28 May 14

Why have the echo used a picture of the H&M store in the old woollys building?

Why have the echo used a picture of the H&M store in the old woollys building?Southend Andy

Why have the echo used a picture of the H&M store in the old woollys building?

Score: 12

runwellian says...4:26pm Wed 28 May 14

We all choose what we want to buy and with so many folk dependent on food banks, anything that saves a few pence is welcome. Branded goods are not always the best, many yoghurts come from one supplier made to one recipe but packed in different pots, but still folk will tell you one pot is better than another! It is time the big chain stores had competition, we have been ripped off long enough!

We all choose what we want to buy and with so many folk dependent on food banks, anything that saves a few pence is welcome.
Branded goods are not always the best, many yoghurts come from one supplier made to one recipe but packed in different pots, but still folk will tell you one pot is better than another!
It is time the big chain stores had competition, we have been ripped off long enough!runwellian

We all choose what we want to buy and with so many folk dependent on food banks, anything that saves a few pence is welcome. Branded goods are not always the best, many yoghurts come from one supplier made to one recipe but packed in different pots, but still folk will tell you one pot is better than another! It is time the big chain stores had competition, we have been ripped off long enough!

Score: 13

andyh says...4:30pm Wed 28 May 14

As a rule of thumb, the more a shop shouts about its discounts the more overpriced it is.

As a rule of thumb, the more a shop shouts about its discounts the more overpriced it is.andyh

As a rule of thumb, the more a shop shouts about its discounts the more overpriced it is.

Score: 1

emcee says...4:55pm Wed 28 May 14

This article is nothing more than an ADVERT for a rebrand of DiscountUK.

This article is nothing more than an ADVERT for a rebrand of DiscountUK.emcee

This article is nothing more than an ADVERT for a rebrand of DiscountUK.

Score: 10

CarnMountification says...5:37pm Wed 28 May 14

Fantastic news, I regularly buy from the pound store, and sell on Ebay for 6 times the price, usually to the French, best part being they pay for the postage, though I recently cleared one outlet of miniature metal watering cans, all 140 of them, my price 10 quid each...

Fantastic news, I regularly buy from the pound store, and sell on Ebay for 6 times the price, usually to the French, best part being they pay for the postage, though I recently cleared one outlet of miniature metal watering cans, all 140 of them, my price 10 quid each...CarnMountification

Fantastic news, I regularly buy from the pound store, and sell on Ebay for 6 times the price, usually to the French, best part being they pay for the postage, though I recently cleared one outlet of miniature metal watering cans, all 140 of them, my price 10 quid each...

Score: -9

CHRISTMAS CAROL says...5:41pm Wed 28 May 14

I love the 99p shop and poundland,especially the gardening products Doff is a really good name and I save pounds, love it love it love it

I love the 99p shop and poundland,especially the gardening products Doff is a really good name and I save pounds, love it love it love itCHRISTMAS CAROL

I love the 99p shop and poundland,especially the gardening products Doff is a really good name and I save pounds, love it love it love it

Score: 5

Who gives a fuuck - Not Me says...6:44pm Wed 28 May 14

CHRISTMAS CAROL wrote…

I love the 99p shop and poundland,especially the gardening products Doff is a really good name and I save pounds, love it love it love it

cheapo

[quote][p][bold]CHRISTMAS CAROL[/bold] wrote:
I love the 99p shop and poundland,especially the gardening products Doff is a really good name and I save pounds, love it love it love it[/p][/quote]cheapoWho gives a fuuck - Not Me

CHRISTMAS CAROL wrote…

I love the 99p shop and poundland,especially the gardening products Doff is a really good name and I save pounds, love it love it love it

cheapo

Score: -13

Andycal 172D says...9:52pm Wed 28 May 14

Jeeze! ANOTHER cheapo toot shop on the high street. Another reason NOT to shop there.

Jeeze! ANOTHER cheapo toot shop on the high street. Another reason NOT to shop there.Andycal 172D

Jeeze! ANOTHER cheapo toot shop on the high street. Another reason NOT to shop there.

Score: 3

beppo1 says...11:18pm Wed 28 May 14

Just a change of name really, and half a dozen jobs doesn't warrant headlines!!!

Just a change of name really, and half a dozen jobs doesn't warrant headlines!!!beppo1

Just a change of name really, and half a dozen jobs doesn't warrant headlines!!!

Score: 0

maddriver says...11:00am Thu 29 May 14

Southend Andy wrote…

Why have the echo used a picture of the H&M store in the old woollys building?

It doesn't take a lot of brains to work out that it's a picture of the High Street in general and not a specific store.

[quote][p][bold]Southend Andy[/bold] wrote:
Why have the echo used a picture of the H&M store in the old woollys building?[/p][/quote]It doesn't take a lot of brains to work out that it's a picture of the High Street in general and not a specific store.maddriver

Southend Andy wrote…

Why have the echo used a picture of the H&M store in the old woollys building?

It doesn't take a lot of brains to work out that it's a picture of the High Street in general and not a specific store.

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